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Do You Believe In Miracle Healing

Ginalyn Gamueta, or ‘Gigi’ as she called by peers, 22 years old is as pretty as she is.
A shy type of a lady from a small barangay of Paras/San Pedro, Candon City.
She’s simple and quiet… not until she became a faith healer.
The then quiet barangay Paras, was now a guests to thousands of people…Because they believe that Gigi can heal their illness… all of their illnesses.
From a simple body ache to cancer… they bring it to her… for the cure.

She was born during the Edsa Peoples Power… February 25, 1986.
Her father is Reynaldo Gamotea, now 48, and her mother is Evangeline.
She is the eldest of the 3 siblings,
She has a twin, named Jerlyn Gamueta
but was died when she was 1 year old.

Sto. Nino and Apo Lakay was the one who is instrument her to cure the diseases.
But you have to wear none red and black color if you want to come in their place.
If ever you wear this, she will suffer the pain.

After I have interviewed her, from tens of people who gather in their yard waiting for their turn, it became hundreds, and then thousands.
As early as 7am, she was disturbed and heals until 3am in the next day.

How did she begin healing?
Is there any proof that she’s not another Judiel…
Before she began healing, what she suffer first?

PLEASE… NO RED AND BLACK COLOR

My first attempts to inteview Gigi did’nt succeed.

I was wearing red… and it prohibits me to come near to her.

From a distance (maybe 8 meters), on a makeshift room, I saw her, wearing white.

She’s talking something, in a voice so fine… I thought she mimic a baby’s voice.

It is her 12th day of healing.

Since I can’t go beside her, I tried to interview her mother and father.

But they decline, saying: “Apo, won’t allow us… we’ll have to get permission to Ginalyn.”

And so, I turn to Irene Almeranas to have some details.

She said, it is on May 21, 2008 when Ginalyn first act as a miracle healer

It was 3pm on that day, Gigi feels dizzy, faint, until she collapsed.

She fell on the ground…

When Gigi’s conscious was returning, there was something unusual to her.

She held her arms up just like of the statue of Virgin Mary.

And saying something that they cannot understand.

“When I saw her like that, I know it, that she can cure illness.” Irene said.

And so, she held her child, and bring it in front of Ginalyn and beg to heal her child.

She has cough, and phlegm’s.

“Please, cure her disease.” She said.

“If you believe, she will be healed.”The unlikely voice said.

After that, the people who saw the healing of Ginalyn lined up for their turn.

And the words spread, that there’s little lady who can cure illnesses… who can cure the deaf to hear again, who can cure the blind to see again…

But… is there any proof that she’s really a miracle healer?

Does someone testify that she really is a healer?

THE INTERVIEW OF THE HEALER…

How does she know that she can heal?

It was Saturday, around 7:30 in the morning.

I have to interview Gigi, and so I go as early as I can to their house.

Presumably, I go to their family house in San Pedro, not in Paras, where I first saw her.

She was lying in bed when I get into their house.

She said she was exhausted from all day-all night long miracle healing… until 3 o clock in the morning of this very day.

She’s very willing to be interview though she’s weak.

Before I interview her, she asks permission from Apo by closing her eyes for a few minutes. When she open her eyes, she said, Apo has permitted her to be interview over the radio.

During the interview, she lies on her bed.

She explained that the ‘gift’ must be done not for monetary consideration.

And so, she’s not accepting any cash amount or gifts from her clients.

She may accept, but only flowers, coconut oil and, candle.

She further explained that red color is forbidden to her because it is the color of the blood.

She hates black because it is loneliness.

THE MISSION…

It was Good Friday of the Holy Week of this year when something happens to Gigi.

She collapsed without any apparent reason. At first, they thought it was just an ordinary collapsed of a girl, that maybe, suffering from low iron or low blood.

But in the next day, she lost her consciousness again.

And the next days, she collapsed not only once… or twice, or thrice… it seems that every hour, she lost herself.

Until she can’t bear it with herself.

Her parents thought that she’s suffering something that a doctor of medicine can’t cure.

They tried to bring here on some ‘baglan’ in the locality.

Many of them… but none of them relieved her.

They say the one who ‘naglugan’ to her was a strong one.

Until they came to “mangngagas” from Bagar, Candon City.

The ‘baglan’ knew that the pretty girl was a special one…

“She will be a great healer.”He said.

That ‘mangngagas’ from Bagar cured her.

And… Ginalyn became a great healer.

That time, when she collapsed again… and raises her hands upward sky, speaking of a dialect they can’t understand.A voice mimic to a cute Nino…

And that was the beginning…

Now… as a gifted one… she continues to cure their illness…

As I’ve heard, she’s not only catering in her own little place, but now, she’s going to different place… a place where there are many people who need her… her Miracle Healing.